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Issue: Vol. 4193 No. 1: 15 Nov. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.9
Page range: 177–183
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PDF downloaded: 1

Cotylegaleata iskenderunensis n. sp., the second known species of the rotifer family Cotylegaleatidae (Monogononta: Ploima)

University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Ecobe, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey.
Porifera cotyle new species Rotifera taxonomy Turkey

Abstract

Cotylegaleata iskenderunensis n. sp. is described from a freshwater wetland (Sariseki) at Iskenderun, Turkey. This is the second species within the genus. Cotylegaleata iskenderunensis n. sp. differs from the only known congener, C. perplexa De Smet, 2007, in the shape of the trunk and foot, and particularly the shape of the cotyle and the structure of the trophi. The diagnosis of the genus and family is amended.

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